study of plozasiran in adults with severe hypertriglyceridemia at risk of acute pancreatitis

Conditions: Severe Hypertriglyceridemia

Summary: this study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of plozasiran in approximately 140 adult participants with severe hypertriglyceridemia (shtg) and history of at least two prior acute pancreatitis (ap) events not attributed to other etiologies, with at least one occurring within the last 12 months prior to screening. eligible participants will be randomly assigned in a double-blind manner to either receive plozasiran 25 mg by subcutaneous (sc) injection every three months (q3m) or matching placebo. enrolled participants will be counseled to remain on the specified low-fat diet and background medications throughout the study. following completion of the double-blind treatment period, or if the participant has a positively adjudicated ap event (whichever occurs first), participants will transition to the 12-month open-label extension (ole) treatment period receiving plozasiran 25 mg by sc injection q3m.


Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: * males, or nonpregnant (who do not plan to become pregnant) nonlactating females * established diagnosis of shtg and prior documented evidence of fasting tg levels of ≥ 880 mg/dl (≥ 10 mmol/l) * documented evidence of at least 2 prior ap events not attributed to other etiologies with at least 1 occurring within the last 12 months prior to screening. * fasting low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (ldl-c) ≤ 130 mg/dl (≤ 3.37 mmol/l) at screening * screening hemoglobin a1c (hba1c) ≤ 9.0% * willing to follow diet counseling and maintain a stable low-fat diet * must be on standard of care lipid and tg-lowering medications per local guidelines (unless documented as intolerant, or a treatment failure as determined by the investigator) exclusion criteria: * ap ≤ 4 weeks prior to randomization/day 1 * body mass index (bmi) \> 45 kg/m\^2 * any planned bariatric surgery or similar procedures to induce weight lost starting at consent through end of study (eos) * planned coronary intervention (e.g. stent placement or heart bypass) during the study * history of arterial revascularization within 16 weeks of screening * history of acute coronary syndrome event within 24 weeks of screening * recent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ascvd) event within 24 weeks of screening * recent unstable or symptomatic cardiac arrhythmia (including any associated medication changes) within 90 days of screening. individuals with stable well-controlled atrial arrhythmia will be allowed to participate in the study * history of pacemaker or automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators implant within 30 days before screening * new york heart association class iii-iv heart failure or last known ejection fraction of \< 30% * current diagnosis of nephrotic syndrome * chronic kidney disease, defined by an estimated glomerular filtration rate (egfr) \< 20 ml/min/1.73 m\^2 * liver disease defined as cirrhosis or child-pugh class b and c, or alanine aminotransferase (alt) or aspartate aminotransferase (ast) \>2.5× upper limit of normal (uln) at screening note: additional inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply per protocol